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| 10 | 11 | The Ubars were represented on the View more quotes about council">council, to which they belonged as being themselves Captains, by five empty thrones, sitting before the semicircles of curule chairs on which reposed the captains. |
| 10 | 12 | Beside each empty throne there was a stool from which a Scribe, speaking in the name of his Ubar, participated in the proceedings of the council. |
| 10 | 13 | The Ubars themselves remained aloof, seldom showing themselves for fear of assassination. |
| 10 | 14 | A scribe, at a large table before the five thrones, was droning the record of the last meeting of the council. |
| 10 | 15 | There are commonly about one hundred and twenty captains who form the council, sometimes a few more, sometimes a few less. |
| 10 | 16 | Admittance to the council is based on being master of at least five ships. |
| 10 | 17 | Surbus had not been a particularly important captain, but he had been the master of a fleet of seven, now mine. |